1.   Residents are beset with the uncertainty and anxiety that accompany their efforts to cope with poverty, unsafe neighborhoods and persistent racism.

2.   Sports Minister Steve Tshwete lays the blame on persistent racism among provincial administrators.

3.   Uniting Reformed Church leader James Buys said he suspected white church members were objecting to the merger because of persistent racism, not fine theological points.

4.   Uniting Reformed Church leader James Buys said he suspected white church members were objecting to accepting conditions for a merger because of persistent racism, not fine theological points.

5.   Mugabe said last month that blacks who are the victims of persistent racism in Zimbabwe could lose patience and take matters into their own hands.